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Article: Virginia Senator says he got congressional room for Rev. Moon.(People & Events)
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- Church & State
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- September 1, 2004
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U.S. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) has admitted that he arranged for followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon to get space in the Dirksen Senate Office Building March 23 for the self-proclaimed messiah's coronation. But, Warner says, he did so unknowingly.
The Washington Post reported July 21 that a Moon operative, Gary L. Jarmin of Christian Voice, a Moon front group based in Alexandria, Va., approached Warner and asked for assistance in getting the room. Warner said he agreed to help only as a courtesy to a constituent and that he was unaware that Christian Voice is related to Moon and that Jarmin is a long-time Moon associate.
Several members of Congress ...